Kiowa people
Also known as Kiowas, Kiowa, Kiawas, Wetepahatoes, Gaigwu, Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, Cáuigú
Kiowa ( ) or Ǥáuigú () people are a Native American tribe and an Indigenous people of the Great Plains of the United States. They migrated southward from western Montana into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in the 17th and 18th centuries and eventually into the Southern Plains by the early 19th century. In 1867, the Kiowa were forced to a reservation in Southwestern Oklahoma.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- KiowaǤáuigú
- Ethnic group.image
- In Summer, Kiowa.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Three Kiowa men in 1898
- Ethnic group.population
- 12,000 (2011)
- Ethnic group.popplace
- ()
- Ethnic group.langs
- English, Kiowa, Plains Sign Talk
- Ethnic group.rels
- Native American Church, traditional tribal religion, Sun Dance, Christianity
- Ethnonym.person
- ǥáuikʼì / [gáuikʼì (m), ǥáuimà꞉ / [gáuimà꞉ (f)
- Ethnonym.people
- ǥáuigú / [gáuigú
- Ethnonym.language
- ǥáuiđòᵰ꞉gyà / [gáui[dòñ꞉gyà
- Ethnonym.country
- Ǥáuidàumgya / [Gáuidàumgya
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32 sectionsContents
- Name
- Language
- Government
- Economic development
- Culture
- Cuisine
- Sheltering in place and mobile
- Sociopolitical organization
- Enemies and warrior culture
- Kiowa calendars
- Funeral practices
- History
- Early history and migration south
- Indian wars
- Colonial transition
- Modern period
- Humanities
- Ledger art and hide painting
- Kiowa Six
- Painters and sculptors
- Beadwork artists
- Authors
- Musicians and composers
- Photographers
- Image gallery
- College
- Notable Kiowas
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Kiowa ( ) or Ǥáuigú () people are a Native American tribe and an Indigenous people of the Great Plains of the United States. They migrated southward from western Montana into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in the 17th and 18th centuries and eventually into the Southern Plains by the early 19th century. In 1867, the Kiowa were forced to a reservation in Southwestern Oklahoma.
Today, they are federally recognized as Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma with headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma. , there were 12,000 citizens.